Best type of backlinks... Right? What do you think?
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I was just thinking... wouldn't the best types of backlinks for any small local business be from "their own competitors" ? Weird, I know... but it would NOT get any more relevant than that.
I mean wouldn't an Italian restaurant in New York gain credibility and higher ranks on SE's if "other" 'Italian restaurants in New York' linked back to them?
Problem... yeap! It would be really hard to convince your "competition" to link back to ya! no matter how good your content piece is! Thoughts?
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Technically speaking NO!
Getting a link from the competitor isn’t always the best link because competitors (if higher in rankings) are better then you but they are not the best themselves.
In my opinion the technical link will still be a link from authoritative sites (Media, Magazine or more) because search engine trust them way more then they trust your direct competitors.
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As per your Italian Restaurant example, the best links will be from other Italian Restaurant websites.
The million dollar questions is, how do you get your competitors to link back to you? Why would they do that and benefits would they get from it?
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